Re: Horner and tour place your bets.

[gym.gravity]

Rik Van Diesel wrote:
> To those who care..............
>
> Will Horner make the tour team?
> --I don't think they will, but I would like to see him go.

I think he will. he was in the select group of yesterdays' climb and
he got 11th in today's bunch sprint at tds. he's fresh and strong.

> However if they do....
> Will he finish?
> --Yes he finishes.

yes

> Will he makes one of the long succesful breakaways?
> --YES 100% if he is in the tour. I wouldn't be surprised to him make
> more than one of them.

yes, on bastille day:
http://www.letour.fr/2005/presentationus/profil_12.html

> Will he win a stage?
> --No he will get beat at the line and finish 2nd.

yes, on bastille day.

 

[[email protected]]

gym.gravity wrote:
> Rik Van Diesel wrote:
> > To those who care..............
> > Will he makes one of the long succesful breakaways?
> > --YES 100% if he is in the tour. I wouldn't be surprised to him make
> > more than one of them.
>
> yes, on bastille day:
> http://www.letour.fr/2005/presentationus/profil_12.html
>
> > Will he win a stage?
> > --No he will get beat at the line and finish 2nd.
>
> yes, on bastille day.

Horner will get in a long two-man breakaway with BoogerD.
The resulting sprint will be so horrifying that the
jury will relegate both of them on aesthetic grounds.

 

[Bob Schwartz]

[email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
> Horner will get in a long two-man breakaway with BoogerD.
> The resulting sprint will be so horrifying that the
> jury will relegate both of them on aesthetic grounds.

If that was going to happen it would have happened in
the Amstel Gold race with LANCE.

Bob Schwartz
[email protected]

 

[gym.gravity]

[email protected] wrote:
> gym.gravity wrote:
> > Rik Van Diesel wrote:
> > > To those who care..............
> > > Will he makes one of the long succesful breakaways?
> > > --YES 100% if he is in the tour. I wouldn't be surprised to him make
> > > more than one of them.
> >
> > yes, on bastille day:
> > http://www.letour.fr/2005/presentationus/profil_12.html
> >
> > > Will he win a stage?
> > > --No he will get beat at the line and finish 2nd.
> >
> > yes, on bastille day.
>
> Horner will get in a long two-man breakaway with BoogerD.
> The resulting sprint will be so horrifying that the
> jury will relegate both of them on aesthetic grounds.

well, now that he's on the Tour team, it's possible.